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  Bihar orders statewide inspection of madrasas, Sanskrit schools; rule violators face closure

  Bihar | June 02, 2026 12:20 IST

  Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari announced that special teams will be deployed to assess whether these schools are functioning in accordance with prescribed norms and standards.

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  Bihar CM Nitish Kumar refuses to wear Muslim cap at event in Patna | Video

  Bihar | August 21, 2025 15:31 IST

  Minister Zama Khan tried to place the cap on Kumar's head, but the CM immediately removed it and instead placed it back on Khan, asking him to wear it.

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  Nitesh Rane, Maharashtra minister, sparks row with remarks on madrasas, Marathi language and 'azaan'

  Maharashtra | July 16, 2025 15:52 IST

  Reacting to reports of the Congress launching Marathi schools in parts of Mumbai, Nitesh Rane questioned the need for such initiatives. He controversially suggested that the opposition should instead ask Muslims to deliver the Azaan in Marathi and called for madrasas to replace Urdu with Marathi.

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  Changur Baba under UP ATS lens for role in religious conversion, illegal Madarsa funding near Nepal

  Uttar Pradesh | July 12, 2025 11:24 IST

  Investigations by the Uttar Pradesh ATS have revealed that Changur regularly used coded language during phone conversations with his associates and agents. The agency has obtained call recordings in which specific phrases were used to discreetly coordinate activities linked to the covert operation.

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  Bengaluru: Minor girl physically assaulted at madrasa for spilling rice, police case registered

  Karnataka | February 20, 2025 13:46 IST

  Bengaluru: According to the police, Mohammad Hasan, son of the hostel in-charge, assaulted an 11-year-old girl for spilling rice at the madrasa.

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  SC holds UP Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 constitutional, overturns Allahabad HC ruling

  India | November 05, 2024 14:16 IST

  The top court had on April 5 stayed the high court verdict, saying the issues raised in seven petitions against the verdict merited "closer reflection".

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  Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education to introduce biometric attendance system for teachers

  Uttar Pradesh | July 04, 2024 11:14 IST

  All registered and aided institutions under the board will be equipped with it within a year, officials said. The system is expected to address issues of absenteeism and fraud and improve the quality of education and administration of madrasas.

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  Aap Ki Adalat: "I want Muslim youths to get...," says Himanta Sarma on 'madarsa' closing in Assam

  India | May 28, 2023 6:19 IST

  Himanta Biswa Sarma on madarsa: Assam CM Himanta Sarma has said that he is trying to create a progressive ecosystem for the Muslim community in the state.

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  UP Jamiat chief Abdurrab Azmi's big statement was, "Conspiracy to defame madrassas"

  News | February 11, 2023 18:47 IST

  UP Jamiat chief Abdurrab Azmi's big statement said that nowadays a conspiracy is being hatched to defame the madrassa, and the country's agencies are targeting the madrassa.

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  Ghaziabad shocker: 13-year-old boy raped by madarsa teacher

  Crime | January 30, 2023 23:37 IST

  Ghaziabad shocker: The accused teacher had brought the victim to the madarsa five months ago to teach him Quran. The boy somehow managed to call his father and narrated his ordeal.

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  After Uttar Pradesh, THIS state to conduct survey of madrassas

  India | September 13, 2022 18:58 IST

  Uttarakhand: Dhami's statement comes just a day after newly elected president of the Uttarakhand Waqf Board Shadab Shams underlined the need for a survey of the madrassas in the state.

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  News | September 03, 2022 15:53 IST

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  Giriraj Singh demands survey of madrasas, mosques in Bihar

  India | September 03, 2022 8:47 IST

  Bihar news: Seemanchal region of Bihar is considered Muslim dominant area where more than 60 per cent population belongs to Muslim community.

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  National anthem recital made mandatory in UP madarsas

  India | March 25, 2022 12:52 IST

  Reciting of national anthem and hoisting of national flag on Independence Day was made mandatory in madarsas across Uttar Pradesh in 2017.   

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  Madarsa child sex abuse rocks Pakistan

  World | July 03, 2021 18:33 IST

  Sabir Shah, a student at a Lahore religious school stated that he was sexually abused by Mufti Aziz ur Rehman for over an year. Shortly after that, a video surfaced and went viral on the Internet, in which another child complained of sexual abuse involving a Shiite cleric 

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  Bihar: Madarsa building damaged in blast in Banka, several injured

  India | June 08, 2021 16:32 IST

  The roof of a madarsa in Bihar’s Banka district collapsed following a blast on Tuesday morning which also damaged nearby buildings.

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  UP: Madrasa head found dead, three arrested

  Crime | April 23, 2020 15:02 IST

  A madrasa head who had gone missing last week was found dead in the Kairana area of Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district on Thursday, police said.

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  Minor brutally stabbed in Uttar Pradesh madarsa

  Crime | October 02, 2019 11:23 IST

  The class four student was rushed to Medical College Hospital in Meerut in a critical condition. The motive behind the crime is not clear.

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  Weapons found in UP madrasa during raid, 6 arrested

  India | July 11, 2019 13:23 IST

  According to sources, the police had received a tip-off after which the raid was carried out at the Darul Quran Hamidia madarsa on Kandhla road in Sherkot area on Wednesday.

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  Delhi: Muslim cleric raped 11-year-old girl inside madrasa, accused cleric arrested

  News | April 27, 2018 13:16 IST

  Delhi: Muslim cleric raped 11-year-old girl inside madrasa, accused cleric arrested. The angry public now demands death sentance for the accused cleric.